Month: February 2014
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A summer of Making and Maker Corps at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA
By Bridget Rigby, Learning Director, The Tech Museum of Innovation Summer is a great time for prototyping, learning, and making at The Tech! The Tech’s Maker Corps members will lead […]
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Making MAKING Journals
By Jessica Gray Schipp, Maker AmeriCorps VISTA at the Lighthouse Community Charter School Creativity Lab Journal, sketchbook, notebook, blog, book, diary, scrapbook, daybook, log — no matter what you call these information […]
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Maker AmeriCorps VISTA at the Da Vinci Center in Stockton, CA: Connecting Community Through Making
Abigail Avila & Thomas Hornyak were sworn in to the VISTA program as part of the Maker Ed Initiative on Nov. 22nd in L.A. The next day they moved to their […]
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Introducing Nancy Rink, Program Coordinator at Maker Ed
Hi Everyone! I’m Nancy, the newest new member of the Maker Ed team. I’m so happy to be the Program Coordinator here – because it means I get to do […]
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Maker Corps at The Exploratory in Culver City, CA
by Jean Kaneko, Chief Tinkerer The Exploratory is pumped and ready for our 2nd year as a Maker Corps Host Site. The Exploratory is located in Culver City CA and […]
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The Exploratory and Maker Guilds of Los Angeles
Co-authored by Max Nishimura and Danielle Owens The Exploratory was a project that originated from summer camps. Jean, our founder and ‘chief tinkerer’, wanted to provide her son and his […]
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Open Portfolio Project: Moving into Phase 2
Earlier this week, Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project convened its core leadership team, along with five of its fantastic National Working Group members, at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN to […]
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Introduction to Stephanie Chang
Hi everyone! I’m Stephanie Chang, and I have the honor of being Maker Ed’s Director of Youth Engagement. I also have a confession to make: I am 4-5 months late […]
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MAKESHOP at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
by Rebecca Grabman, MAKESHOP Manager MAKESHOP at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is excited to welcome a second year of Maker Corps Members in 2014! As part of the museum’s mission to […]
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Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland, CA
by Aaron Vanderwerff The Lighthouse Creativity Lab: Call for Makers The Lighthouse Creativity Lab is excited to be able to host two Maker Corps Members as we embark on our first […]